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Shadow education secretary Pat Glass quits after just two days in post

The shadow education secretary Pat Glass has resigned after just two days in the post. Glass, the MP for…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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AELP Conference: Hottest topic was impact of vote to leave the EU

Key sector figures have urged the government to continue with its apprenticeship reforms following Thursday’s Brexit vote – and…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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AELP Conference: Charter status comes in search of some members

Over half of the delegates at the 2016 Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) conference have voted to…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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AELP Conference: Get your foot in the LEP door

Learning providers should “push their foot through the door” with local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and not be “downhearted”, the…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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AELP Conference: Shadow minister hits back at lack of progress

Shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden has accused the government of wasting three years that should have been better spent…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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AELP conference: View from chair and new CEO

Ofsted has been accused of favouring traineeships that concentrate on classroom-based maths and English provision rather than getting young…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord


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Newly appointed shadow education secretary announces intention to stand down at next election

The shadow education secretary Pat Glass has announced her intention to stand down from Parliament at the next election…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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All ‘credible’ apprenticeship and traineeship growth requests granted by SFA

All “credible cases” from the latest round of growth requests for apprenticeships and traineeships have been funded, the Skills…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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‘Morally wrong’ – says former top BIS official over unknown apprenticeship end-point assessments

A former civil servant at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), has challenged the head of the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Director of apprenticeship levy says new provider register will be a level playing field to ‘let the employer choose’

The government’s director of levy implementation has sought to reassure AELP delegates over the new register of apprenticeship providers,…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Union calls for casual staff to be made permanent after two years

Casual staff who have been working at an FE provider for at least two years should be made permanent,…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
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Skills minister announces “little delay” to publishing apprenticeship reform detail

Skills Minister Nick Boles has admitted that a string of key apprenticeship reform announcements will be further delayed following…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord

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Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
16-19

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel